Stories from Saturday, December 12, 1992

To the Editor: A Dan Rather special news program sends chills through the body and raises serious concerns about the direction of our national educational system. The teachers involved in the program were well-meaning, of course, but they also were about as far off base as any liberal special interest group can ever be...

page 8a saturday editorial Cape Girardeau has had a Federal Building (now in its second incarnation) since 1910. While the current structure at 339 Broadway was dedicated in 1968, its operation reflects the 1990s, or at least a troublesome aspect of this decade. ...

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Jay R. Eastlick of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 4:58 a.m. Friday, Dec. 11, 1992. Name, Sadee Genese. Weight, 8 pounds. Third child, first daughter. Mrs. Eastlick is the former Loree Helm, daughter of Robert and Genese Helm of Chadwick, Ill. She is employed parttime at Precious Memories Bridal and Fashion Boutique. Eastlick is a staff writer at the Southeast Missourian Newspaper, and is the son of Dale and Cynda Eastlick of Stockton, Ill...

BERTRAND -- Joel "J.C." Chandler, 83, of Bertrand, died Friday, Dec. 11, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Jan. 25, 1909, at Blackford, Ky., son of Joel and Idis Brooks Chandler. He and the former Ernestine House were married Nov. 9, 1930...

JACKSON -- Earl W. Cook, 57, Jackson Route 4, died Friday, Dec. 11, 1992, at his home. He was born Aug. 1, 1935, son of Andrew and Lillian Gartung Cook. He and Leona Pauline Mizell were married April 5, 1957, at Leemon. Cook had farmed. He owned and operated Cook's Garage at Chaffee several years, and was a bus driver at Jackson Public Schools the past five years. He was a member of Capaha Antique Car Club...

Thelma Cornell, 83, of Rhinelander, Wis., died Monday, Dec. 7, 1992, at St. Mary's Hospital there. She was born April 22, 1909, at Glen Allen, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. C.B. Farrar. She and Bert Cornell were married April 22, 1945. Cornell attended Barnes Hospital School of Nursing in St. Louis, and served as a U.S. Army nurse in Springfield during World War II...

CHARLESTON -- Walter "Buddy" Harris, 83, of Charleston, died Thursday, Dec. 10, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Feb. 9, 1909, in the state of Mississippi, son of Archie and Roxie Ann Walker Harris. Survivors include a sister, Mattie Martin of New Orleans; nieces and nephews...

PERRYVILLE -- Beulah P. Sandler, 81, of Perryville, died Friday, Dec. 11, 1992, at American Care Center. She was born Jan. 25, 1911, in Perry County, daughter of Theadore and Esther Thieret Hoff. She and Leroy G. Sandler were married May 25, 1941. Sandler was a retired machine operator at International Shoe Co., member of Immanuel Lutheran Church and Concordia Ladies Aid...

Ferdinand A. Peetz, 77, Cape Girardeau Route 2, died Friday, Dec. 11, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Nov. 12, 1915, at Tilsit, son of Ferdinand A. and Emilie Burgfeld Peetz Sr. He and Andora Keller were married March 5, 1939, at Tilsit...

Glenn Joseph Lewis, 64, Cape Girardeau Route 2, died suddenly Thursday, Dec. 10, 1992, at his home. He was born Feb. 7, 1928, in Shawnee, Okla., son of Glenn and Lucille Arnold Lewis. Lewis and his father had owned Lewis Refrigeration Co. since 1940. For the past 15 years he mostly worked for Storey's Food Giant stores. He was an airplane pilot, and member of Elks Lodge...

Anna Louise McAmis, 86, 3120 Independence, died Thursday, Dec. 10, 1992, at Chateau Girardeau Health Care Center. She was born Aug. 6, 1906, in Athens, Tenn., daughter of Joseph and Lyda Hicks Miller. She married Zenas McAmis Sept. 15, 1930. He died in 1985...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for Nellie Rhea Banks, East Prairie Route 1, will be held at 1 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Burl Britt will officiate, with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery near Charleston. Banks, 83, died Thursday, Dec. 10, 1992, at East Prairie Nursing Center...

ORAN - Dimple Blocker, 86, of Oran, died Friday Dec. 11, 1992 at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born on Aug. 29, 1906 in Oran, the daughter of Alva and Louise Thomas Hayden. On Feb. 11, 1928 she married Jerome J. Blocker and he preceded her in death on April 23, 1986...